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| Any devices like Squeezbox Touch but handle 192/24 It will be a long time I think. It took 4 generations of Squeezebox just to get 96 from Touch.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Why CD players will never be dead HFChoi - you are correct. With a clean CD, there are virtually no read errors with modern read heads. There will be some differences in jitter with each play however, based on lots of things, such as AC power, ground loops in the system etc..Steve... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead MRTennis wrote:"i have only found one digital front end that i prefer to my cd player, namely the original zanden and its companion transport.i will assume that you fabricate a fine product but i doubt it sounds like the original zanden or the ori... | |
| Can the copy sound better than the original? This is not nonsense at all. Years ago I had a CDROM rewriting service to improve on commercial CD quality. If you use Mitsui Gold Audio Master, it will sound even better.For all of you that dont think jitter is an issue, this is the primary issue... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead Mr. Tennnis - I will put my product where my mouth is. You put the money down. A bet requires both of us to have skin in the game.BTW, did you read the Dec. Stereophile?Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Why CD players will never be dead "the transport read is not and is reliant on error correction"That is true, however there is actually very little error correction happening, if any, with a clean CD disk. The difference in audio quality is a result of jitter from the CD player, c... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead "To Steve (Audioengr) or anyone else inclined to explain...How is it possible for a copy of a CD played from a computer hard drive to sound better than the original CD?"Okay, simple. The jitter that is caused by the pits in the CD and their uneven... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead Reb - Here is what I think of on-line streaming music: It will probably be a rent as you go basis, just like streaming movies. It will also be limited in bandwith by using compressed lossy formats, so the quality will suffer. I dont want to pay ea... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead Mr. Tennis - The problem with comparing my USB DAC with your CD player is that everything is different, the interface and the DAC. My DAC even has a volume control, so it would replace your preamp. It's not fair really. It will make your CD player... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead "are you so confident that you would make a wager that i would prefer your digital front end, over my favorite cd player ??"Are we talking about a transport or player?If it's a transport, I'll give you a money back guarantee that my gear will beat... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead "I swear it is this bottomless black hole of cobbled together computer audio with all of its twists and turns that confounds me."Granny - The best thing is to pick a manufacturer and stick with them. Good ones have all of the questions answered fo... | |
| Basics for connecting PC to stereo Before you get started, you should understand that following the right advice here is critical. You can avoid a lot of work re-ripping your CD's later. The ripper and the playback software is critical to getting good sound quality. Depending on wh... | |
| Where does the DAC go? The digital output on any device, whether it is a CD player, DVD player or computer audio device like the Roku is all the same. It is usually Toslink optical or S/PDIF coaxial or both. This is a single cable that multiplexes the left and right cha... | |
| Need Mac Mini Server set up advice Just get Amarra for playback and XLD for ripping. Here are links and other tips:http://www.empiricalaudio.com/computer-audio/Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Why CD players will never be dead Granny wrote: "My computer audio front end and others I have heard do not sound as good as a great CD/SACD player in my experience."You just need to buy the right computer interface. There is no reason why it should not beat both your CD player an... |